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obstipation vs. constipation

obstipation

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. obstinate constipation.

constipation

noun

  1. a condition of the bowels in which the feces are dry and hardened and evacuation is difficult and infrequent.
  2. Informal. a state of slowing down, sluggishness, or inactivity.
  3. Obsolete. the act of crowding anything into a smaller compass; condensation.